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Show I NEGLECTS THAT KILL A mother was telling about her boy and how hard it wa to make him help in the common work of the place, He would spend time and money recklessly on the things that interested him his father's money, which happened to be limited He was wasteful in many vta.yx and he groaned when he w as asked to do the little things that a boy Can do to make life easier for the family, though he was strong and he would work hard for outsiders to earn a little of his own. The boy Mas not unusual. Most boys are like him He was beginning be-ginning to lead a life of his own and developing interests that would expand and merge some day into the inn rests of the larger world. He was inconsiderate, of course But though that is hard on mother it is better for the boy than being too considerate. There are boys and girls who live by far too much in the atmosphere of the home and take its burdens far too seriously And when at last the home is broken up the feel lost in the world and ill at ease amongst the joyful joy-ful young people that should have been their companions, or thr ?arry an atmosphere of overconcientionsness into a new home of their own In the animal world it is the rule of life for parents to look after their young and for the young to repay the debi. not to the parents themselves but to young of their own, A Bpecies that neglects its parents can continue to exist. But one that neglects its young cannot. can-not. If human parents get any consideration at all from their children chil-dren they are that much better off than birds and horses. And they will get far more by being "good sports" with the children than by preaching to them about their obligations. II i |